Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections (1450-1750)

Which development most directly increased European ability to dominate trade routes after 1450?

1. AMongol unification of Central Asia
2. BInvention of the printing press in China
3. CSpread of Buddhism along the Silk Roads
4. DUse of lateen sails and caravels

The Treaty of Tordesillas primarily:

1. ACreated the Dutch East India Company
2. BEnded the Atlantic slave trade
3. CDeclared the Americas independent
4. DDivided new lands between Spain and Portugal

Which innovation most directly improved open-ocean navigation?

1. ATelegraph cables
2. BRailroads
3. CCompass and astrolabe
4. DSteam engine

The Columbian Exchange resulted in:

1. AIsolation of Europe from the Americas
2. BDecline of all urban centers
3. CGlobal transfer of crops, animals, people, and diseases
4. DEnd of Atlantic trade

Which crop from the Americas most directly increased European population growth?

1. ARice
2. BPotato
3. CWheat
4. DCoffee